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A Sample of Cooperative Conservation Case Studies
Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic
Project Name:
Vermont Family Forests Community Forests Project
Location:
Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Vermont
Summary:
The Vermont Family Forests Partnership has created The Little Hogback Community Forest LLC, made up of 16 area residents who will collectively own and manage a 115-acre, conserved forest in VT.
Website:
www.familyforests.org
Contact:
Deb Brighton
Project Leader
Vermont Family Forests
802-453-7728
info@familyforests.org
Project Name:
Fort McHenry Wetland Restoration and Field Station
Location:
Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Maryland
Summary:
The Aquarium worked to reconstruct this wetland creating a fully functioning marsh by promoting regular, natural tidal flooding, controlling debris accumulation, and enhancing habitat.
Website:
www.aqua.org/conservationevents_fortmchenrydays.html
Contact:
Glenn Page
Director of Conservation
National Aquarium in Baltimore
410-576-3808
gpage@aqua.org
Project Name:
Fish and Mussel Propagation in the Upper Tennessee River Basin of Virginia
Location:
Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Virginia
Summary:
Partnership has developed freshwater fish and mussel propagation technologies to produce fish and juvenile mussels to be used for research and to augment declining populations.
Contact:
Shane Hanlon
Fish and Wildlife Biologist
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
276-623-1233 x 25
shane_hanlon@fws.gov
Southeastern
Project Name:
Roanoke Island Festival Park, NC Aquatic Habitat Restoration and Protection Project
Location:
Southeastern: North Carolina
Summary:
Using effective partnerships, we restored 5-acres of marsh, seagrass, oysters, and maritime forest, opening new doors of cooperation between agencies and non-governmental organizations.
Contact:
Chuck Wilson
Ecosystem Restoration Coordinator
US Army Corps of Engineers - Wilmington District
910-251-4746
charles.r.wilson@saw02.usace.army.mil
Midwest/Northern High Plains
Project Name:
Mechanized Thinning Trial of Upland Hardwood Forests
Location:
Midwest/Northern High Plains: Missouri
Summary:
A thinning trial was conducted on a site typical of overstocked, saw log-sized, upland hardwood stands on steep (30%), stony terrain in the Ozarks.
Website:
www.eofc.org
Contact:
Peter Becker
Research Coordinator
Eastern Ozarks Forestry Council
573-689-2121
wongbeck@yahoo.com
Project Name:
Nebraska Tallgrass Prairie Partnership
Location:
Midwest/Northern High Plains: Nebraska
Summary:
The Tallgrass Prairie Partnership identifies tallgrass management needs and directs habitat improvements on private lands.
Website:
www.privatelandownernetwork.org/local-resources/Northern-Prairies-Land-Trust/1404
Contact:
Kent Pfeiffer
Northern Prairies Land Trust
402-228-0276
kent.pfeiffer@nebraska.gov
Project Name:
Assisting Agricultural Producers in Improving Water Quality
Location:
Midwest/Northern High Plains: Wyoming
Summary:
Partners assist agricultural producers in improving water quality and provide education, technical assistance and financial assistance to owners and operators of animal feeding operations.
Website:
www.conservewy.com/
Contact:
Bobbie Frank
Executive Director
Wyoming Association of Conservation Districts
307-632-5716
waocd@trib.com
Project Name:
Asian Long-horned Beetle Eradication
Location:
Midwest/Northern High Plains: Illinois, Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: New York, New Jersey
Summary:
A coordinated effort among agencies and citizens to control the spread of the Asian Long-horned Beetle and restore infested areas with tree plantings.
Website:
www.na.fs.fed.us/fhp/alb/index.shtm and www.na.fs.fed.us/spfo/alb
Contact:
Joseph McCarthy
Senior City Forester, Chicago
City of Chicago—Bureau of Forestry
312-747-2098
jmccarthy@cityofchicago.org
Project Name:
Clearwater Stewardship Project, Seeley Lake Ranger District, Lolo National Forest
Location:
Midwest/Northern High Plains: Montana
Summary:
One of the first projects to test collaborative approaches and new stewardship contracting authorities to accomplish forest and recreation site restoration in occupied grizzly bear habitat.
Website:
www.fs.fed.us/forestmanagement/projects/stewardship/results/clearwater/index.shtml
Contact:
Tim Love
District Ranger
USDA Forest Service, Lolo National Forest, Seeley Lake Ranger District
(406) 677-2233
tlove@fs.fed.us
South-Central/South-West
Project Name:
Louisiana Coastal Area Land Change Study Group
Location:
South-Central/South-West: Louisiana
Summary:
Multi-year, multi-agency coastal restoration and rehabilitation project responding to loss of 1,900 square miles of coastal land and marsh during the 20th century.
Website:
lca.gov/
Contact:
James B. Johnston
Biologist
U.S. Geological Survey
337-266-8556
jimmy_johnston@usgs.gov
Project Name:
Paradis Mitigation Bank
Location:
South-Central/South-West: Louisiana
Summary:
After more than seven decades of energy production for the Nation, the 7100-acre Paradis Mitigation Bank will protect, restore and enhance wetland functions and values of the Lower Mississippi Valley.
Website:
upstream.chevrontexaco.com/paradis/
Contact:
Eric Frasier
President
Frasier Group, Inc.
936-569-9428
efrasier@cox-internet. com
Project Name:
White Mountain Stewardship Project
Location:
South-Central/South-West: Arizona
Summary:
A 10-year stewardship contract was awarded to thin 150,000 acres of forest to protect communities from wildfire and stimulate wood industry.
Website:
www.fs.fed.us/r3/asnf
Contact:
Steve Campbell
Navajo County Director
University of Arizona, Cooperative Extension
928-524-6271
Campbell@ag.arizona.edu
Far West
Project Name:
Indian Creek Restoration/City Center Revitalization
Location:
Far West: Idaho
Summary:
Caldwell’s downtown revitalization plan uses restoration of Indian Creek as the catalyst for a sustainable community with ecological integrity and economic vitality.
Website:
www.caldwellonline.org/Indian_Creek.htm
Contact:
Dennis Cannon
Caldwell Redevelopment Coordinator
City of Caldwell
208-455-4736
dcannon@ci.caldwell.id.us
Project Name:
Dry Creek Quarry Restoration
Location:
Far West: California
Summary:
Since 2004, Sequoia Riverlands Trust has been restoring natural stream flows, recontouring disturbed areas, seeding native grasses and planting oak and sycamore trees at this former gravel mine.
Website:
www.sequoiariverlands.org
Contact:
Hilary Dustin
Land Steward
Sequoia Riverlands Trust
559.738.0211
hilary@sequoiariverlands.org
Project Name:
Southern Nevada Lands Partnership
Location:
Far West: Nevada
Summary:
Multi-agency and community partnerships conserve and steward “outside Las Vegas” using innovative funding and legislative authorities.
Website:
www.snlandspartnership.org
Contact:
Alan O’Neill
Executive Director
Outside Las Vegas Foundation
702-461-6162
aoneill@outsidelasvegas.org
Project Name:
Business Alliance for Sustainable Energy
Location:
Far West: Oregon
Summary:
A joint project of 3EStrategies and the Central Oregon Intergovernmental Council. The goal is to create and expand sustainable energy projects and firms in Central Oregon.
Website:
www.3estrategies.org
Contact:
Cylvia Hayes
Executive Director
3EStrategies
541.617.9013
info@3estrategies.org
Project Name:
Landscape level conservation in Southern California
Location:
Far West: California
Summary:
Habitat fragmentation has created a hot spot of species endangerment. Multiple species HCPs with multiple partners are creating connectivity for species conservation using innovative approaches.
Website:
www.werc.usgs.gov/hcp/
Contact:
Dr. Robert N. Fisher
Principal Investigator
US Geological Survey
858-637-6882
rfisher@usgs.gov
Project Name:
Ridge to Reef Conservation in the Pacific Islands, Hawaii
Location:
Far West: Hawaii
Summary:
Restoration of the Hanalei River Basin, with more than 30 endangered species, that is being impacted by pollution and sedimentation transported into offshore marine ecosystems.
Contact:
Bill Steiner
Center Director
U. S. Geological Survey
808-956-5691
bill_Steiner@usgs.gov
National
Project Name:
Grass Roots Source Water Protection Program
Location:
National
Summary:
Grassroots outreach and education program encourages voluntary conservation by landowners, farmers and ranchers to prevent drinking water pollution.
Website:
www.fsa.usda.gov/pas/publications/facts/html/sourcewater04.htm and www.nrwa.org
Contact:
Brendan Murphy
National Rural Water Association
580- 251-9080
nrwajb@nrwa.org
Project Name:
North American Waterfowl Management Plan
Location:
National
Summary:
Since 1986, joint venture partners have expended approximately $2.3 billion on habitat conservation projects, leveraging funds from multiple private, State and Federal sources.
Website:
birdhabitat.fws.gov/NAWMP/nort.htm
Contact:
Seth Mott
Chief, Branch of Science and Planning
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
703-358 1969
seth_mott@fws.gov
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